Chapter 472: The Battle of the Silver Fortress of the Swedish Army
The huge coalition army lost all its energy. They could still rely on the dragon-headed longships to cover their weakness at sea, but after landing ashore, they all missed the trap.
In the war against Gotland, all the men from the Ross tribe who could fight were mobilized. Almost all the young warriors left Rossburg for the first time in their lives, and it was on this island that was their hometown that they met the soldiers of the allied tribes.
Youdao said that the first impression is extremely important. They heard from their elders that the warriors of the Melalen tribe were all elite. When they saw it today, the allied warriors were extremely weak. There was no fighting spirit in their eyes, and some were just
It's the desire for food.
Origen of Mälaren became the first king of Sweden. He assembled an army of nearly 4,000 men and rushed to Silver Castle in the south to attack the Danes. This feast of robbery deliberately excluded the Russians. Please be kind.
After being benevolent, the Russian army freed up its hands to attack another enemy.
Now there is no need for any explanation. Karl, who wears a golden crown, is stubborn. He does not want to admit the defeat of the coalition, but he lost two-thirds of his troops. How can this not be a complete failure?
The Ross army returned to their camp in a mighty manner. Rurik and Otto made a brief calculation and distributed the empty houses in the inland area of Visby to the allied soldiers. A group of cattle and sheep could be regarded as
Of course, these guys were not polite about the gifts given to them out of sympathy. After getting the cattle and sheep, they immediately chopped them down with swords and axes.
The hungry people simply drank the warm mutton blood, which had a strong smell. They quickly processed the beef and mutton, threaded it on branches and roasted it on the bonfire. It didn't matter whether it was completely cooked or not, and started to devour it.
These are the soldiers of the Alliance? A bunch of hungry losers!
Didn't they go to conquer Silver Keep? Look at the longship they pushed ashore, it was almost empty!
The Ross warriors opened their eyes to observe, and their three views were rapidly refreshing. Melalen is a powerful tribe and the supreme one in the alliance. Uppsala has a huge temple, and its tribesmen claim to be worshiped by the sun.
Love. Hjermalen and Onkras, they have a small population but they cannot be underestimated...
With all previous perceptions being overturned, from the perspective of the young Ross warrior, why should brothers care about the opinions of their fathers?
Look at the Ross army! The brothers have experienced the most brutal battle. Visby, which has tens of thousands of people, is just a bunch of lonely ghosts except for the hundreds of captured women and children.
People began to question the legitimacy of the Mellaren people's continued internal hegemony, and some even began to think that the Duke of Ross had reason to upgrade again and become the king of Sweden.
People have all kinds of ideas, but they just lack sympathy for their fallen allies.
In the local meeting house of Visby, this longhouse was originally a place where Visby's most powerful wealthy businessmen gathered to discuss specific matters. Now it has a new owner.
Should we still implement the nordic system of tribal democracy?
The new king Karl naturally felt that it was unnecessary.
However, Karl could not enjoy any distinguished seats. All the tribal leaders, or the dukes, still gathered together and sat cross-legged.
Although Karl wore his father's crown, Otto and Rurik had no intention of showing any courtesy to this man.
After all, Olegin is also the old leader of Mellaren and the old leader of the alliance. Otto feels that it is okay to show some courtesy to this old guy. But Karl, forget it.
Only Olegin deserves a little respect, what do the other kings mean?
Otto completely assumed the posture of a king, and his aura completely overshadowed Karl's. This made Rurik, who was sitting next to his father, feel really good.
"Karl, I will mercifully settle your men. And you..." Otto raised his chin slightly, looking down at the other dukes of the allied tribes with a king's coercion, "We are allies, and the cattle we captured
I’ll give you some of the sheep. Don’t worry, all the Swedish soldiers. Let’s fill our bellies and rest for a few days before setting off.”
Although it made people feel a little uncomfortable to be looked down upon by this old guy Otto, after all, it seemed that he didn't have to pay for his gift, so everyone had to smile.
At least the Rus people are better than the Mellaren people, right?
The dukes of each tribe laughed bitterly, but of course Karl couldn't laugh.
In front of everyone, Karl slapped his chest hard several times to attract everyone's attention.
Otto immediately changed his attitude to a gentle one: "Karl, it seems that your father really died in the war."
"Yes, absolutely true."
"Ah..." Otto sighed. To be honest, he had never liked Olegin himself.
The old guy was also a bit headstrong, but he was willing to organize his brothers to attack Denmark. Otto respected him as a man.
"Olegin is a brave old soldier. So, please tell me, what exactly happened to the coalition forces at Silver Castle? A...a defeat?"
Upon hearing the word "failure", Karl gritted his teeth and clenched his fists.
Rurik saw his behavior keenly, and his ferocious expression was clearly full of anger and unwillingness.
"Karl, what's going on?" Rurik asked bluntly.
"Shut up! You! It's not the child's turn to speak here!"
"No! You are wrong." Rurik was somewhat thankful that Arik was busy chatting with his Aslaqi. If Arik were here, Karl's head might fly off his neck. He still stood up
, pinching his waist and announcing: "I am the commander of the Ross army, and my father has given me too much power. Do you think you are talking to a child? I! I am the Duke of Ross."
"But, I am the king!" Karl was not to be outdone.
"Are you the king?" Rurik burst out laughing, "Yes, you inherited your father's power. You are indeed our king. It's just that your king is different from the kings in the past."
"how do I say this?"
Seeing that the dukes of all the major tribes in Sweden were here, Rurik simply made his words clear. "You have obviously failed. The Melalen tribe has to bear a lot of responsibility, and we Rus completely defeated the Gotlanders."
, we will definitely enjoy greater power in the kingdom. Karl, I can admit that you are the king, but you have no right to instruct other tribes to act as you like. We are still an alliance, but if we start a new war, we Russians!
I, Duke Ross, must have a greater say. So, before you tell us what happened at Silver Castle, I want your answer."
Karl listened half-understanding and half-confused for a moment: "You...you...what exactly do you want me to admit?"
"It's very simple." Rurik sat down again, clapped his legs and looked at the dukes of each tribe confidently: "My friends, the cattle and sheep distributed to you are not free. I don't need your money.
I just want a promise from everyone here. When our tribes reunite in the future, the Melalen people, who are still the strongest, have the highest say, so we Ross people must have the second right to say."
As soon as he finished speaking, the two Dukes, Wenderson of Hjelmalen and Angreev of Onkras, fully agreed with Rurik's proposition.
Someone opened his mouth, and others supported him one after another.
This was something Karl could not estimate. The boy sitting here was clearly a boy with a golden ponytail. He was not even old enough to marry his wife. How could he speak so magically?
Karl just didn't know that the various small tribes who followed the Melalen tribe to conquer the world suffered heavy losses in the war. Someone must be responsible for this failure. The biggest person responsible is of course Origen. The old king has died in the battle.
Then his successor, Karl, who inherited the throne, would also have to inherit the shame of failure, especially the financial debt.
Karl gritted his teeth. The only thing he was glad about was that the Russians did not ask for the royal power.
In this Gotlandian forum, he, a king, could not display the aura of a king at all. So who can blame him? This is a place occupied by the Rus, and the only remaining group of exhausted Malaren troops who landed is
Farmers, fishermen, and the once all-powerful "Black Guards" were all exhausted in the war that lasted throughout the summer.
Karl doesn't say it, but he actually has to face another severe test. That is, after returning to his hometown, he will naturally inherit everything in the family, but without the protection of five hundred black-clad mercenaries, how can his power be stable?
Maintain? "I still want to be happy with women! I still have to enjoy the fun of being a king! I am still young and must quickly rectify the people. In a few years, when I regain my strength, I can suppress other families and command the tribes.
Army, I still have to settle accounts with the Danes."
His revenge plan was buried in his heart. After experiencing this failure, Karl's temperament changed drastically. He became more tolerant and became aware of current affairs under the impact of cruel reality.
Karl, he agreed with Rurik's idea.
With the approval of the second king, the Russians enjoyed a second say in the Kingdom of Sweden.
So, why not always strive for first place?
Fighting for first place? Of course we do. It’s just that the current Ross tribe cannot achieve all-round strategic advantages, not to mention that the Ross army destroyed Gotland. Will Gotland’s allies, the Danes, really give up? Losing
The Danes, who have lost this northern wool and leather supply area, and whose economic interests have been harmed, will definitely take revenge.
Rurik felt that he was really evil. He had already considered handing over Gotland, or Visby, to the Malaren people, specifically to Karl to rule. Let this experience fail, and he longed to
The man who has wiped out the shame owns Gotland, so let him inherit the feathers here and face the wrath of the Danes.
The Russians, on the other hand, were happily counting money in the rear and continuing to expand their territory in new areas.
Now, Karl finally spoke reluctantly, and together with the descriptions of other dukes, Rurik and Otto finally learned in a thrilling way about the detailed encounters of the Swedish coalition forces at Silver Castle.
Because the Danes are never big fat sheep left to be slaughtered, they are a group of sea wolves!
In this era, Jutland and its affiliated islands were home to large and small settlements in the fjords. Denmark was the main source of the Viking movement.
King Hafgen of Denmark, his power was indeed achieved by force.
In 818 AD, Godfrey, the leader of the Danish alliance, died of illness. During his lifetime, he worked hard to strengthen the "Great Wall of Denmark" spanning the entire Jutland peninsula south of Hedeby Port, and also gathered and sheltered tens of thousands of Saxons. A large number of Saxons
People gathered in the small port south of Hezeby Port. These people belonged to the same tribe. They fled into Denmark to escape the attacks of the Franks. They were not all the people of Odin or Frey. They believed in the god Sirius.
When they began to settle, they named their new residence Sirius Harbor, and Schleswig developed quietly.
The Danish forces, large and small lords, merchants, their beliefs are diverse.
In 826, after listening to the sermon of the Archbishop of Reims, the Danish leader Harald Clark became the Lamb of the Lord, and was therefore unanimously expelled by the tribal leaders. Odin's faith was still the mainstream, and the lords of all sizes could not accept a betrayal of Odin.
Din's men became the "boss." It was this year that Harald Clark took his nephew Horlick and some brothers to flee to Frank and became the Christian barbarian mercenaries of Louis the Pious.
There was a huge power vacuum in Jutland, and small-scale civil wars broke out among various tribes.
Hafgen, who gained hegemony through force, was extremely fond of power and knew that his power was entirely maintained by the strong force of his tribe.
Now, the Svealans took some kind of crazy action. As the fugitives sent one horrifying information after another, even though it was not a good time to go on an expedition, Hafgen decided to "conquer personally."
Because the battlefield is not far from Hafgen's hometown, and the Svealan Alliance army is already attacking Silver Castle, the local tribes and merchants are struggling to support themselves by relying on low wooden walls and the rugged terrain of the fjord. If support is provided,
If there is a delay, Denmark's wealth will suffer great losses. What Hafgen can't stand the most is that if he cannot preserve the wealth of Silver Castle and the local people, the Danish lords, large and small, will question and challenge his power.
Although the lords have different beliefs, the struggle for interests and the garrison are exactly the same. Even if they listen to the missionaries and become lambs, once their actual interests are harmed, their Viking souls will be awakened instantly.
Sigurd, the lord of the south, and his eldest son Ragnar personally led five hundred elite warriors to the expedition. They bought brand-new leather armor, chainmail, and a large number of brand-new battle axes from Hedebe, a market further south.
.Although this set of equipment is nothing in the eyes of the Russian "Iron Man" who is covered in fish scale plate armor, it can be said to be the elite of the elite among the Danish forces.
Ragnar has great ambitions, because he is located in the south. When his father was young, he also participated in the construction of the "Great Wall of Denmark" under the command of the leader Godfrey. He obviously has more knowledge about the Franks than others. Go to the south.
Frank robbed and made a fortune, and he was already conceiving this great plan.
However, those guys in Svealand did not stay in their territory and actually dared to attack the traditional territory of the Danes. What's even worse is that if the Danish army failed, it would mean that the huge Øresund fishing ground became the property of the northerners.
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This kind of thing cannot happen! Losing the Øresund fishing ground would mean a terrible famine for the Danish forces.
No one believes that a mere Svealan guy can take away the vast fishing ground? At least they are already robbing Silver Castle of gold and silver. If Denmark does not interfere or the intervention fails, the Svealan people will take possession of it and move up the river.
And then, if we take possession of the Götaland villages in Porsche, the Danes will have problems with their leather supply!
Ragnar wanted to fight for the courage of warriors, while his father Sigurd, while focusing on courage, also understood that this untimely war was to protect Denmark's current and future interests.
The Swedish King Olegin's expedition was equivalent to taking a knife to cut off the fat flesh of the Danes.
All the Danish lords shared the same hatred! It was clearly the oat harvest season. Hafgen gave an order and easily summoned an army of nearly 4,000 men!
More than two hundred longships rushed to Silver Castle, and a decisive battle broke out on land and sea!
In the autumn of 831 AD, the first war broke out between Denmark and Sweden.
Comparing the strength of the two sides, the Danes clearly had the advantage.
The Swedish army did not immediately capture Silver Castle. Of course Olegin knew the threat of Danish reinforcements. While he gritted his teeth and persisted, he also realized that once there was no strong support from the Russians' long-range weapons, the Swedish army's siege capabilities would plummet.
reduce.
All tribes in Sweden suffered damage, the largest of which was naturally the Mellarens.
The Danish reinforcements they least expected to see arrived, and huge sails moved against the wind. The armored Danish troops disembarked one after another, and a battle broke out with the Swedish troops on the beach of the fjord.
In the melee, Ragnar's warriors charged the most ferociously.
The young Ragnar, with his sharp eyes fixed on a man wearing a golden crown among the enemy, commanded his brothers to thrust into him like a sharp spearhead.
The old king Olegin was seriously injured in the melee. Some brave Mälaren warriors pulled the old king who was vomiting blood to the rear. When Origen was dying, he handed the bloody crown to Karl's head.
And asked: "Remember! Revenge me! One day, you will defeat the Danes, and one day, we will become the king of this sea area."
At night, the two armies made a truce.
During the day's fierce fighting, both sides suffered losses. It was obvious that the Swedish army suffered heavy casualties. Soldiers from various tribes were trapped on the beach, and the Danes had lit a large number of bonfires.
After some counting, including the wounded, there were still 1,300 living people in the Swedish army. The horrific casualties were before everyone. The king himself died in the battle, and Karl became the new king on the battlefield. But this was obvious.
It's a failure!
The Danish silver castle is still strong. Even if there is a mountain of silver hidden in it, it has nothing to do with the Swedes.
Let’s understand the current situation! Calculating the Danish reinforcements, there have been a lot of losses, and the balance of strength between the two sides has been completely unbalanced.
The attack on Silver Castle has been going on for many days, and the arrival of Danish reinforcements instantly crushed all the Swedish army's hopes.
In order to avoid the annihilation of the entire army, Karl had no choice but to obey the requests of the dukes of each tribe and withdraw.
They dumped the bodies of the war dead and didn't even have time to cremate them, but Olegin's body was taken away. They repaired it in Borgholm on the island of Öland, a Saxon fortress.
, cremated the deceased King Olegin.
The Swedish army left, and the remaining Saxons were full of doubts about the future. The leader Stein did not know what to do. He once provided supplies to the Swedish army. Now that the Swedish army was defeated, the already weak Borgholm should
What to do? Stein made the difficult decision to join the Danes again.
Rurik and Otto finally understood what happened to the Swedish army.
If this is not a complete fiasco, what is a fiasco? Perhaps it is that Visby and the entire Gotland were almost completely wiped out.
Are the Danes so powerful? Rurik became cautious again. He didn't want to arrogantly announce that the Russian army had annihilated a thousand Danish mercenaries. Now it seems that he can forget it.
Now it seems that the Swedish army's brutal loss to the Russians proved two things: first, the Danes could quickly assemble a large army, which was a larger army than the current Russians could muster with all their strength.
Second, the army composed purely of Danes is really strong.